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Where does “geohash” come from?

geohash (English) comes from English hash, from French hacher, from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ — to dig; to strike, to beat.

geohash (English): An alphanumeric encoding of latitude and...

Definitions

  1. An alphanumeric encoding of latitude and...

Ancestry of “geohash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhashFood, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and...
2Frenchhacherto chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut...
3Middle Frenchhacherto chop up, mince
4Old Frenchhacherto chop up, mince
5Old Frenchhacheaxe
6Vulgar Latin*happia—
7Frankishhappjaaxe, hatchet
8Proto-Germanic*hapjǭ—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat
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